How Putin used propaganda to deftly turn Russians against Ukrainians
A flag with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin waves over the Moscow crowd during the Vesna (Spring) festival in March commemorating the Crimean annexation. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Vladimir Putin’s decade-long media campaign turned Russians against Ukrainians and Ukraine itself before he annexed Crimea in 2014. In my book...
Russia protects Donbas militant killer of 16-year-old pro-Ukrainian schoolboy
If the Russian fighter wanted for his role in the downing of Malaysian airliner MH17 is correct, Russia will refuse to hand over to Ukraine Vadim Pogodin, a former Donbas militant leader believed to have ordered and taken part in the horrific torture and killing in 2014 of 16-year-old Stepan Chubenko …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Conditions Eased for Russian Programmer Accused of Inciting Unrest
While one suspect gets temporary relief, lawmakers move to abolish internet anonymity. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
An Ideal Conflict on the Dniester
Twenty five years after the end of the war, a resolution to the frozen conflict over Transnistria seems no closer; this situation suits plenty of people at the top just fine. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Little Success for Little Russia
A recent declaration of independence in Ukraine’s eastern occupied territories, while far from credible, provides some clues about the political situation in the region. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Strangers in Their Own Land
Displaced by the war in the east of Ukraine, ethnic Roma struggle to find acceptance elsewhere amid enduring racism and prejudice. From Hromadske. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia possibly implicated in latest armed abduction by Donbas militants
Two Ukrainians are known to have been taken prisoner in the so-called ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ n the past two weeks, although a prominent journalist believes the number of disappearances in militant-controlled Donbas to be considerably higher …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Moldovan Lawmakers Approve Controversial Electoral Reforms
Although they are poles apart on relations with Russia, both major parties back the changes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why Congress Should Pass the Russia Sanctions Bill
New sanctions legislation with teeth is direly needed—not least because of the dozens of Ukrainian political prisoners who continue to languish in Russian prisons. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Vote fiddled in Ukraine’s parliament to ensure a political Human Rights Ombudsman
Human rights activists are asking President Petro Poroshenko to veto a law passed with conscious fiddling and aimed at ensuring that the next Human Rights Ombudsman will be chosen according to political quotas …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
